Experience

Raytheon Technologies

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief engineer / Factory Tech Director

  • Aug 2015 - Present

  •Leads franchise production programs as a Senior Principal Engineer achieving sales over $150M/yr •Directs proposal engineering efforts exceeding $1B for multi-year production contract awards •Manages multi-disciplined teams of up to 80 engineers to meet cost and schedule needs •Facilitates agile execution and communication with technical discipline to solve program priorities •Solves major and minor complex technical failure investigations resulting in improved first pass yield with results improving from as low as 30% up to as high as 100%, with timelines ranging from 2 weeks to multiple years •Interacts directly with government customers, internal suppliers & executive leadership to achieve alignment •Develops Integration & Test strategies and lead the execution of successful testing to reduce technical & programatic risk •Manages risks & opportunities, earned value and change control across portfolios of up to $1B



DZYNETECH

• Irvine, CA

• Program Manager and Chief Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  •Led & right sized a multi-disciplined team team of 40 cross functional engineers to deliver a manned aircraft design and trade show mockup to meet customers aggressive schedule & technical requirements •Orchestrated the development of a tube launched UAV which went from a blank sheet of paper to demo video of tube launched flight in under 9 months and resulted in the maximum profit contractually allowed •Initiated business development proposals and change notices resulting in contract awards & additional scope



Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tech Lead

  • May 2013 - Apr 2014

  •Managed a multi-disciplined engineering team of over 80 engineers through a large-scale improvement program that determined root cause and corrective action for failures due to performance shifts in an inertial measurement unit (IMU) due to high frequency shock (~5000 Hz) and sensitivities in Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) resulting in increased robustness and performance •Facilitated communication & collaboration with external customers, suppliers and executive leadership •Utilized critical chain management, integrated master scheduling, fault tree methodology and development and execution of innovative tests to achieve successful quick turn results



Raytheon

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Enterprise Responsible Engineering Authority (EREA)

  • 2007 - 2013

  •Responsible engineering authority across the enterprise for inertial measurement units (IMUs) and global positioning system and anti-jam (GPS/AJ) subsystems sourced domestically and internationally. •Supported >15 programs across multiple product lines in production, development and depot resulting in resolution of failure investigations, improvement of production yields & throughput, development & execution of supplier statements of issues, processing engineering changes, statements of work and proposals•Developed strategies for future technology insertions with technologies ranging from spinning mass to microelectromechanical systems used in harsh environments such as gun launched systems

• Supplier Engineer

  • 2005 - 2007

  •Managed the supply chain transition of multiple complex electrical and mechanical sub-systems, including qualification and transition to production to meet a US military urgent material request. •Executed MRP based on need, yield and capacity with suppliers to meet factory requirements •Spearheaded improvement efforts for the manufacturability, processes and design to meet schedule needs